Background
Paolo Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont.
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Paolo Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont.
University of Parma.
His performing career began as a vibraphone player in local jazz bands. As a poet, painter and lawyer as well as a musician, he first earned attention during the late "60s and early "70s as the creative force behind hits from Adriano Celentano and Patty Pravo. Conte began his solo career with a 1974 self-titled LP, with subsequent efforts like 1987"s Aguaplano and 1990"s Parole Doctorate"Amore Scritte a Macchina enjoying considerable success throughout Europe.
1998"s Paolo Conte, a greatest-hits collection, was his first United States. release.
His compilation album is titled The Best of Paolo Conte. Some of his hits were used in movies, for example "Come Di" in I Am David (2003), and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), "Via con me" in French Kiss (1995), Mostly Martha (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), and the "Fritz" Coca Cola commercial that was widely shown in United States movie theaters in early 2006.
Paolo Conte received many awards and recognitions from numerous nations. On 24 March 1999, Paolo Conte was awarded with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, by President Giorgio Napolitano for his "outstanding cultural achievements". On 15 May 2001 France ordered Paolo Conte Chevalier dans l"Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Has also received several honorary doctorates, among which that of the University of Macerata (1990).
